You made my morning coffee on the top deck..

really compelling lyrics --it's like Tintern Abbey and Love Song of Alfred Prufock distilled, and definitely on the level of Wordsworth and Eliot; this is amazing:  "A puppet heart managed by the clock – foolish arms flailing"

this chorus and sound is tremendous--this is first rate Prog  love those flourishes at 3:30 and 3:38 (and the similar throughout)

I have been tardy of late... but this is worth waiting for. Ambitious, wacky and it delivers superbly. Bravo everyone!

I'm a big fan of 6/8 too :) I love the Joni Mitchell and William Blake (?) references in the lyrics!

and so, tastes better than soup of thistles to me, clearer, livelier, like maybe they aren't unhappy, just having to deal with shit like everybody else

Love what you're doing Phil you're creative lyrics and arrangements are captivating.

A very interesting and fascinating post, I enjoyed it.

@janinelevinson: Provided the seed lyrics and we built from there. Falcon Vocals
@rick-4-1: Dangerous Rhythm Thistles
@burn-it-smith: Grinning Soul Piano
@phil-mcwalter: Swirling Ceiling Other Stuff

Aren't they all brilliant! 

I wrote it in 6/8 to fit in with the spiralling gyre theme. It's like 3/4 (waltz time)but with less strong beats for your money and I just like Pop Goes The Weasel. Oh, and Joni Mitchell's six jet plane trails/guitar strings in 'Amelia' too!


The Reception is here: https://soundcloud.com/phil-mcwalter/the-uncomfortably-dangerous-wedding-party

AND SO

Returning and turning in the widening gyre 
The falconer holds out a golden ring from the tower 
Captive and burning and full of desire 
The falcon pulls feathers from her wings to count the hours

And so

Ad infinitum 
Is the crow 
Compelled to steal

And so

Ad infinitum 
Are we drawn 
Into the wheel
Into the wheel

Turning and burning in the heat, of hearth and fire 
The feathers, the letters, the fingers form a winged spire
There’s flapping and scurrying aloft up in the rafters 
Where the bats are left to read and the finger moves on higher

And so 

Ad infinitum 
We forget 
Why we were singing

And so

Ad infinitum 
The choir cannot lift the ceiling
The spinning wedding ceiling
Stealing

And so 

We go
Around and around  and do it over again! 
Ad infinitum
Around and around  and do it over again! 
Ad infinitum

Returning and turning in the widening gyre 
Unseen by the hawk was Icarus flying higher
Why do we love when we know it’s trespassing
A puppet heart managed by the clock – foolish arms flailing

And so

Ad infinitum 
We watch for 
Six jet planes’ trails

And so  

We prepare  our soup of thistles
And we settle down to feather 
And we wonder about the weather
Listen for the 
Falcons' bells together and
Cover our eyes with leather
Oh Icarus dear boy
Waxed and waned
Ooh Amelia dear heart
Tarred and feathered...

Levinson & McWalter- June 2020

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